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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (18): 136-141.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0576

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Interaction Between Plant Growth Regulator and Fungicide to Control Cotton Fusarium wilt and the Synergy Mechanism

ZHENG Deyou1,2(), ZUO Dongyun2, WANG Qiaolian2, LV Limin2, CHENG Hailiang2, GU Aixing1, SONG Guoli2()   

  1. 1 Engineering Research Centre of Cotton, Ministry of Education/College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830000
    2 State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000
  • Received:2022-07-11 Revised:2022-09-07 Online:2023-06-25 Published:2023-06-25

Abstract:

We designed this study to explore the combination of plant growth regulator and fungicide, which could benefit the cotton resistance to Fusarium wilt. Moreover, the synergy mechanism of the combination was investigated, to provide insights into enhancing cotton resistance to Fusarium wilt. Through indoor toxicity test, two fungicides with the minimum EC50 were selected. The most suitable plant growth regulators were also identified by seed vigor testing and conidial germination statistic of Fusarium wilt. The combination of fungicide and plant growth regulator was applied during the plant growth in greenhouse to evaluate the synergy effect. To explore the mechanism underlying the combination of fungicide and plant growth regulator, we detected the expression levels of genes involving in jasmonic acid-related and salicylic acid-related pathways by qRT-PCR. The results of fungicide selection showed that carbendazim and carboxin had the minimum EC50 and the strongest virulence to Fusarium wilt, the EC50 was 13.894 mg/L and 29.566 mg/L, respectively. Plant growth regulator selection indicated that the optimal concentration 6-Benzylaminopurine and naphthylacetic acid was 5 mg/L and 50 mg/L, respectively. Finally, the most suitable combination was 6-Benzylaminopurine-carbendazim, which had the control effect of 80.95% and significant synergy effect. The results of qRT-PCR also showed that genes in jasmonic acid-related and salicylic acid-related pathways had significantly higher expression levels in the treated group than those in blank control group. In conclusion, the 6-Benzylaminopurine-carbendazim combination could enhance the cotton resistance to Fusarium wilt by activating transcription of genes in jasmonic acid-related and salicylic acid-related pathways.

Key words: cotton Fusarium wilt, plant growth regulator, fungicide, interaction, mechanism